Recently-departed filmmaker John Hughes was known for making insightful but fantastical movies about teens. His death was an unexpected boon for a group of young filmmakers wrapping up a documentary about him. It's like his ghost sewed their prom dress!

Today in bottom-feeding: a closeted print journalist, a Hollywood couple with an open relationship, bisexual reality show starlets, a pop star declines a chance to join the Mile High Club, and a diva pisses off her family.

G.I. Joe wasn't screened for critics because Paramount wanted to market the movie to Middle Amerikkka without being judged. Critical reviews are finally coming in. They're going to be bad, it's just a matter of how bad. And how bad?

Lady Gaga has a knack for getting attention. So it's no surprise that video of the singer revealing a mini-penis at a concert successfully captured the attention of the Googling hordes. Britney Spears would be proud of this NSFW non-slip-up.

Richard Rushfield is still on vacation before joining Gawker, but he couldn't resist weighing in with another dispatch, involving dearly-departed director John Hughes, an LA-area deli, and some serious trash talk.

Paper Heart comes out in limited release today, with Michael Cera playing — surprise! — an awkward teenager in a twee comedy. Satirists have already mocked Cera's typecasting; are they overstating things? Here's a side-by-side comparison of the actor's work.

Today in too much information: A singer with an unsatisfactory man, a fashion critic with cheap ass gold paint on her walls, an actor in love with his sister-in-law, and some Paula Abdul thing.

When Ron Silver died in March, the New York Post's Cindy Adams eulogized him by revealing that he'd once been a CIA operative: "I remember him saying he'd been in the CIA at age 22." It's not true.

John Hughes, director of generation-defining class conscious teen comedies, is dead of a heart attack, at age 59.

Screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg died Wednesday. He was among the first generation to be born Hollywood royalty, and he wrote what is probably the only classic movie business novel to have never been adapted for the screen.

Today we have a 'controversial' actress whose 'partner' is leaving her, a singer dude who tried to make out with (crossdressing) straights, and an actor who wants to know if you like fucking a star, baby, tell me!

In a move sure to inspire more film-geek loin-warming than Monica Bellucci, Disney has fired the unbelievably horrible Ben Lyons, who pronounced I Am Legend "one of the greatest movies ever made," and Ben Mankiewicz, as At the Movies co-hosts.

Jay Leno shared some details about the format of his new show with the press today. Among the "highlights": celebrities racing "green" cars, pre-taped Daily Show type segments, and Brian Williams will be a show regular.

Budd Schulberg, the novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter of On the Waterfront, has died at 95.

While at the LAT, Richard Rushfield became the world's foremost expert on the inner workings of American Idol. He's currently resting up before joining Gawker later this month, but he couldn't resist weighing in on why Paula Abdul quit.

Today in hypocritical moralistic scolding: A troubled celeb couple that's getting back together, a "wacky" celeb whose parties feature alcohol(!) and noodz, a secret drinker musician named S****n S*****s, and a pop star joins the Mile High Club.

Here's Jeremy Piven on the Tonight Show last night telling Conan about how Barack Obama gave him his phone numbers, all of his phone numbers, and Piven then failed to save them into his phone. Maybe it was the sushi.

Hey remember Jay Leno? He's back! Well, not totally back, but his new 10pm show starts in six weeks and NBC is about to barrage us all with non-stop Leno advertisements, so, he's back. Seriously, he's going to be everywhere!

Pity poor Gwyneth Paltrow. If being the wife of a rock star, a movie star and a writer of death-cult newsletters weren't hard enough, she's also forced to deal with the stupid "roaches" in the media at Manhattan charity galas.

Tonight Paula Abdul announced that she's leaving American Idol. Bonnie Fuller then stepped up to call shenanigans on Paula. All of this salacious drama played out on Twitter, naturally.